Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: How did u guys do it??
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shilo2
Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:13 pm
#1
Hey there, im a new Master Weapon smith. Well my alt is anyways, i created a new toon on a different server, as i cannot afford multiple accounts.
So, i started my guy out with the intention of becoming a WS, at first i was a Master Artisan, and Master Merchant, i collected resources, and sold them, trying to save up money, but i clearly couldnt compete with the resource sellers with over 5 accounts with 50 lots to collect resources, so im still hurting in the creds department.
But i have a stash of amazing resources, just not all of them. I can top out experimentation on the regular ranged components, i have great resources for some of the advanced ones,but for the main part i still cannot make the adnvanced components for lack of the required resources. Seeing how expensive the rare resources are on the vendors, i have to save up alot of money to buy them all, or just wait for great shifts...
What im wondering is how long did it take you to amass your stash of amazing resources?
Another thing is that im only a 10ptr, and i can in no way, compete with hte 12ptr smiths, who have amassed great resources for every component and every schematic....so what is the best way for me to make money to buy resources, and eventually the 40+ million for my 12pts???
So, i started my guy out with the intention of becoming a WS, at first i was a Master Artisan, and Master Merchant, i collected resources, and sold them, trying to save up money, but i clearly couldnt compete with the resource sellers with over 5 accounts with 50 lots to collect resources, so im still hurting in the creds department.
But i have a stash of amazing resources, just not all of them. I can top out experimentation on the regular ranged components, i have great resources for some of the advanced ones,but for the main part i still cannot make the adnvanced components for lack of the required resources. Seeing how expensive the rare resources are on the vendors, i have to save up alot of money to buy them all, or just wait for great shifts...
What im wondering is how long did it take you to amass your stash of amazing resources?
Another thing is that im only a 10ptr, and i can in no way, compete with hte 12ptr smiths, who have amassed great resources for every component and every schematic....so what is the best way for me to make money to buy resources, and eventually the 40+ million for my 12pts???
Message Edited by shilo2 on 04-18-2005 03:15 PM
ShugFlurry
Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:16 pm
#2
I went half crafter half combat. Used swordsman to NS hunt earn me money and spent muchos moola on resources/12pt.
maRRsTu
Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:20 pm
#3
12 point is easyer then resources Im working on getting resources dont settel for anything that is not in the top 3. The best bet to make money is start making melee resources are easy somthing like a PH uses resources that you can get a hold of easily
ShugFlurry
Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:36 pm
#4
Start with melee, as said before, resource requirements arent as severe and also 99% of players dont look at SR so think that 400 oq 992 sr steel is crap. Resources > points! Don't get your suit before you've got your resources.
Zandergeef
Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:10 pm
#5
Like said before I managed to pretty much cap out melee weapons stats in about 5 months of playing and working on weaponsmith. Ranged is much harder and I got lucky enough to inherit from one of the best weaponsmiths ever on my server... so I got all the best ranged weapon resources that I needed... stuff like 200 day old irulun gas and whatnot that is rare to spawn and even rarer to spawn with very nice stats.
Resources are much more important than the extra 2 points for the most part. You can cap the damage with just the 10 points that is given with master weaponsmith.
Irxosskisx
Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:16 pm
#6
Gotta go with Shug. Ignore the Points untill you are silly rich and are wondering what to dowith you cash.I was a 10 point WS for a good 6 or 7 months. and made good money, I'm now a 11point and still make good money. In your search for resources.. I pretty much focused one one wepon at a time. I figured out Melee 1st.. then went to Nades to make some money 
Get lucky with a couple Good Ackley bones or really good Geo Cubes and you can make a Hammer or Stun Batton that will fund you the rest of the way.
Get lucky with a couple Good Ackley bones or really good Geo Cubes and you can make a Hammer or Stun Batton that will fund you the rest of the way.Also make stuff that is odd... I made 6 or 7 Kryat DL44's and Power5's, and they lasted all of 12 hours on my vendor (and I thought I'd over priced em...) People Like weird stuff...
Good Luck!
Munitionsmaster
Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:06 pm
#7
Being a 12 pt smith is way over rated. A 10 pt smith can make a much better weapon if he has better resources then a 12 pt with crap resources. Focus on getting each resource then getting them in quanity and quality. After a year or so you should be fine 
SmithingWeapons
Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:13 am
#8
Well I came into the game knowing i wanted to be a WS and i have not regretted it. For my Resouces, I use the SWGCrafters Resource page for my server as my home page and I used this list http://www.firelikethis.com/resources.htm as a guide for what stats I am looking for. While the List is out out date for the newer weapons. It is a good general guide.
ShugFlurry
Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:00 pm
#9
Irxosskisx wrote:Gotta go with Shug. Ignore the Points untill you are silly rich and are wondering what to do with you cash. I was a 10 point WS for a good 6 or 7 months. and made good money, I'm now a 11point and still make good money. In your search for resources.. I pretty much focused one one wepon at a time. I figured out Melee 1st.. then went to Nades to make some moneyAlso make stuff that is odd... I made 6 or 7 Kryat DL44's and Power5's, and they lasted all of 12 hours on my vendor (and I thought I'd over priced em...) People Like weird stuff...Good Luck!
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